So ask yourself: Are your expectations over the holidays realistic?
Professor Cooper accepts that advising owners to completely forget about their business while on holiday isn't realistic, especially as modern technology means we're now only ever a few clicks or screen taps away from the world we have temporarily left behind.
"We wanted the drive to be realistic, hence daylight driving and carrying holiday luggage, inspiring Americans to save on their upcoming summer driving holidays," Mr. Taylor said.
A prominent milestone in the career of the "realistic" children's family novel is Holiday House (1839), by Catherine Sinclair, in which at last there are children who are noisy, even naughty, yet not destined for purgatory.
Kathryn, a divorce attorney, suggests taking a realistic view of inviting everyone for a holiday or school event when relations are strained.
Existing planning restrictions will remain in place, whoever owns the forest: 'This speculation about forests being felled to make way for golf courses and holiday villages is just not realistic,' says a Defra spokesman.
Be realistic about all the added cost of the holiday season, so you have an honest savings goal to work with.
Raffi Bilek, a family counselor and director of the Baltimore Therapy Center, said realistic expectations can do a lot to help holiday stress.
2. Be Realistic in Your Expectations Reduce expectations of how the "holidays are supposed to be" and that everyone will uphold family traditions and be on their best behavior.
A ceramic matzo plate decorated with a realistic rendering of a perfectly baked matzo square completes the holiday set, by Williams-Sonoma's New York design team.
